Two commands are offered in this verse. First, believers are to completely avoid participating in sin. Paul's command here implies that sin is a waste of time.

13 авг. 2024 г. · The word unfruitful in Ephesians 5:11 means “having no beneficial use, unproductive.” The works of darkness are unfruitful because they end in ...

' The original expression seems rather to mean, 'Do not go partners with other people in works of darkness, which it takes more than one to commit.' Or, to put ...

18 мар. 2016 г. · “Fellowship” means to take part in, to share together, to partner with. Believers do not share unbeliever values and actions.

Fellowship is not to be maintained with the works of darkness; which are sins, so called, because they are opposite to light.

13 авг. 2024 г. · Ephesians 5:11 delivers a clear directive: “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.”

6 авг. 2022 г. · Ephesians 5:11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them (NASB: Lockman).

Have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part.